That said, these figures were weighed down by the $222 million restructuring charge Sun’s taking for sacking 6,000 employees. Without it, Sun (JAVA) would have earned 15 cents per share. Analysts had been expecting a loss of 10 cents per share, excluding costs. Investors took solace in the discrepancy between the two, sending shares in the company up more than seven percent to $4.30.

Just as the atom bomb was the weapon that was supposed to render war obsolete, the Internet seems like capitalism’s ultimate feat of self-destructive genius, an economic doomsday device rendering it impossible for anyone to ever make a profit off anything again. It’s especially hopeless for those whose work is easily digitized and accessed free of charge.

— Author Tim Kreider on not getting paid for one’s work

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